Auchroisk Scotch Whisky tasting notes
 

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Auchroisk Scotch Whisky tasting notes

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Auchroisk - Scotch Malt Whisky - Region: Speyside
WF Distillery Ranking: Non Classé A (all current rankings here)

Status: Active - Stills: 8 (4 wash, 4 spirit) - Founded: 1974
Address: Mulben, Banffshire, EB55 6XS - Phone: +44 (0)1542-860 333
Web: www.malts.com - More info: Malt Madness  

My favourite expression so far:
Auchroisk 26 yo 1979/2006 (56,7%, Signatory, Sherry Butt #25427, 592 bottles)
 86 points - Last tasted on November 1, 2006 - Tasting notes here.
Auchroisk

General Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Rubber Malty Salt Oranges Cake Caramel Vanilla Apple

MM Distillery profile:
Auchroisk is one of the youngest distilleries in Scotland. It was founded in 1974 and their first single malt whisky was bottled and sold at a barely legal age in the UK in 1978. That sort of makes it the Arran of it's day, I guess. Official bottlings have been marketed under the name 'The Singleton' since 1986, probably because... More on Malt Madness.		 Auchroisk
Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF)
Whiskyfun tasting notes
OB - no vintage
  • Singleton of Auchroisk 10yo (43%, OB, +/-2000) - 040807
  • Auchroisk 20 yo (58.1%, OB, 5856 bottles, 2010) - 071110
OB - vintage
  • Singleton of Auchroisk 1975 (43%, OB) - no notes - 68
  • The Singleton of Auchroisk 1975 (40%, OB, 75cl, +/-1992) - 230210
  • Auchroisk 30 yo 1982/2012 (54.7%, OB, 2976 bottles) - 221112
  • The Singleton of Auchroisk 1983 (40%, OB, circa 1994) - 011106
  • Singleton of Auchroisk 1985 (40%, OB) - no notes - 78
  • Auchroisk 1999/2009 'Manager's Choice' (60.6%, OB, cask #111323, 642 bottles) - 071110
Blackadder
  • Auchroisk 18yo 1989/2008 (59.4%, Blackadder RC, Sherry, cask #30268, 373 bottles) - 280109
Cadenhead
  • Auchroisk 12 yo 1978/1990 (59.3%, Cadenhead, dumpy black label, 75cl) - 160706
  • Auchroisk 15 yo 1989 (59.5%, Cadenhead) - 160706
Chieftain's
  • Auchroisk 11 yo 1989/2001 'Portwood Finish' (43%, Chieftain's) - no notes - 77
Duncan Taylor
  • Auchroisk 22 yo 1988/2011 (52%, Duncan Taylor, Octave, cask #770686, 73 bottles) - 230212
Gordon & MacPhail
  • Auchroisk 1993/2008 (43%, G&M Connoisseur's Choice) - 280109
Jack Wiebers
  • Auchroisk 34 yo 1975/2009 (45.8%, Jack Wieber, Old Train Line, cask #71820, 206 bottles) - 230210
MacKillop's Choice
  • Auchroisk 1992/2007 (46%, McKillop's Choice, cask #15576) - 280109
Signatory
  • Auchroisk 26 yo 1979/2006 (56,7%, Signatory, Sherry Butt #25427, 592 bottles) - 011106
  • Auchroisk 29 yo 1979/2008 (57.3%, Signatory Vintage, cask #22450, sherry, 474 bottles) - 230212
Single Malts of Scotland - Specialty Drinks - TWE
Various IB
  • Auchroisk 16 yo 1990/2007 (59.8%, C&S Dram Collection, cask #13820, 516 bottles) - 040807
 
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